: Trade restrictions imposed by the US through standards and other compliance are only ahead of the European Union on one platform that is being placed simultaneously by the government on the basis of a response from the domestic industry.
The Department of Commerce, which is testing the portal, received 24 complaints related to recent trade obstacles standing by the European Union, followed by the US (22) and China (20), some of which have already been marked by Indian officials during a conversation with American counterparts.
The list includes many standard related to labeling for safety for toys Indian exporter ship. Similarly, the Textiles sector has its own set of complaints, in which the criteria on consumer safety, regulation of the footprint of environmental stability, cancer -causing chemicals and needs to be labeled on the country of origin, expected to add compliance costs to the Indian industry with each.
Similarly, diamond exporters want some discounts on the requirements related to countries of mining origin after G7 sanctions on Russia, showing how the criteria can affect the export of $ 8 billion goods. Exporters have highlighted issues related to recognition of BIS certification for gold and silver bars.
The Agriculture and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority has flagged off how the US authorities have banned the export of grapes despite the agency within the purview of the Commerce Department to fulfill the necessary compliance. It has also been suggested that more certification agencies for organic food should be authorized by the US government unless it signs mutual recognition agreements.
Officials said that Indian officials have also raised the issue of expensive registration fees and US FDA norms.
While the USTR states an annual report, the Indian does not intend to do so. “Every country imposes a ban and the idea is to keep them together in one place so that they can be exposed during interaction with business partners,” said an official.
The official also justified some of the issues flagged in the latest USTR report, arguing that some specifications in the country are due to religious or cultural factors such as requirement that dairy products should not be with cattle that have been fed by animal feed that contained meat. In addition, security concerns were other areas resulting in some checks.
